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C. SPITZEIIBERG.`

WHIP.

No. 306,702. Patented 001;. 14, 1884.

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CHRISTOPH SPITZENBERG, OF KIRKWOOD, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO PATRICK DEGNAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,702, dated October 14, 1884.

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To @H wlw/'11, z' may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIsTorH SrrrznN- BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kirkwood, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improved IVhip, of which the following is a specification.

B'Iy invention relates to an improvement in the class ofwhips known to the trade as thev black-snake whip.77 Ordinarily this classy of whips has been made by bunching together long strips of leather, tying same around a central spike, all of which was next covered with hemp or paper covering, over which the outside leather covering was fitted, completing the whip up to the point of the braided attachment.

The objects ot' myinvention are to dispense with the said-named internal parts, and to provide, as a new article of manufacture, a whip consisting of two leather Whip-formshaped coverings having` a filling or stuffing of sand inside from the handle to the braidpoint, said parts being united together, and as will now be more fully described.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a side view ot' my improved whip. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the same, with parts ofthe covering removed to show its internal construction. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the handle portion ofthe whip, taken on line 3 3; and Fig. et isa bottom plan of the handle portion ofthe whip.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the whip. A is the handle, A2 the braided rportion from the end a of the whip. y(See Fig. l.)

As shown in Figs. 2, 3, I employ two'covers, B C, the former being the inner, and the latter the outer, cover. Both these covers can consist of leather, or the inner cover can consist of linen, sheeting, or cloth to conne the sand. Both the covers B C are cylindrical in crosssecti'on, (see Figs. 3, 4,) and further made tapering from the handle A to the point a, giving same the usual shape or Whip form.

D is a short tubular piece of leather inside the handle` portion, the ends at d lapping over l to close the bottom or handle of the whip. This inside piece, D,adds additional security to retain the sand in the handle, while the leather cap-piece d is sewed to the bottom of the covers to close same in manner usual. (See Figs. 2, 4.)

E represents thcsand or its equivalent material, such as sawdust, flaxseed, mustardseed, or pulverized earth. As here shown, the whip is stuffed internally with sand, so that same fills the whip from the bottom of the handle cl to the extremity of the whip at a. I prefer to use sand, it being the cheapest, most ready at hand, also because it gives the whip the required heft, adds much greater it causes the whip to bend, curve, or otherwise assume a true curvilinear shape from the handle to the end of the whip, a feature desired by drivers or users of this class of whips, sothat they can wind it around the neck or throw it over the shoulder.

The sand is confined, therefore, by two covers, B C, and as a further protection to keep the sand confined I fit the outer covering, O, over that of B in such a way that the seam c ofthe former shall bev opposite to the seam b of the latter. (See Fig. 2.) If the seam of the one covering breaks or opens, the sand will still be retained inside the remaining cover.

saving of time, labor, and expense inthe manufacture of this class of whips, and is made according to an invention described in anapplication for an improved mode of manufacturing whips filed by me of the same date as this application.

Vhat I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, va whip, A, consisting of a leather cover, B, cylindrical in cross-section, and otherwise having the usual Whip form or shape from the handle A to the extremity a, and further having sand, orits equivalent material filling up the entire internal portion of the whip, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a Whip consisting of two coverings, B C, the one inside the other, each being cylindrical elasticity or flexibility to the Whip, especially My improved whip is simple, effects a great i in crees-section :1nd tapering from the handle to the extremity of the Whip7 :md the eoniined the parts being united together substantially sand E, in the manner and for the purposes in the manner and for the purpose Set forth.

Set forth. In testimonyT of Said invention I have here- 5 The improved whip A, consisting of the unto set my hand.

in cross-section and tapering fronti the handle ("H'RIS LOI' u M 'I LAM LIUM" with laps 1, the bottom cap, rl, und the sund E,

A to the extremity (a, the Seam b oi' the former \Vitnesses: cover arranged ont of line with the seem c of i 'X'VILLIAM XV. IIER'rililcL, 1o the latter cover, the tubular insideleather, 1'), i JOHN \V. IInRfrmuL. 

